Description: Collection consists of three boxes of archival files donated by the Seal Harbor Library pertaining to the history of Seal Harbor village and Acadia National Park. An itemized summary of each boxes' contents is enclosed in each box. Collection of stories printed in the Bar Harbor Times August 20, 1959 covering different aspects of Seal Harbor's history pages 10-12 Sample of the headlines: The Story of a Century and a Hald in Seal Harbor is an Account of Early Pioneering. An Acount of the Water Supply Once there was a Bid of 10c an Acre for Land At Seal Harbor. History of the Summer Colony Some if the Personalities That Made Seal Harbor Well Known Steamboasts were Important to Traffic at Seal Harbor Long After Turn of Century There Were Monkeys Once at Seal Harbor Village Improvement Association Contributed to Community's Spirit. [show more]
Description: Audio recording of interview with Rick Savage, Sydney Roberts Rockefeller, Scott and Keating McFarland by Martha Dudman. Related to 2008 inauguration. Transcript is in Archival Box #44A, accession number 010.FIC.028.
Description: Includes a History of Maine License Plates. No date given. Famous Maine-made automobiles include the Stanley steamer, Electromobile (made by Belknap Motor Co., Portland), and others.
Description: A History of Swan's Island, Maine by H.W. Small, M.D. (published 1898).Chapters on Aborigines, Settlement and land titles, Col. James Swan, early settlers, Gott's Island, fishing industry, municipal records.
Description: Collection consists of three boxes of archival files donated by the Seal Harbor Library pertaining to the history of Seal Harbor village and Acadia National Park. An itemized summary of each boxes' contents is enclosed in each box. A small quarter page booklet on the life of Robert Abbe by William Lawrence and printed by the Lafayette National Park Museum, Bulletin No IV. Thirteen typed pages with a fades purple cover with A LIFE in dark type. [show more]
Description: Emphasizes words in common use that are difficult to spell. Label pasted in front shows that the book is the "property of the Town of Mt. Desert" No. 97 and gives the rules, such as inspection by the teacher very two weeks, students must pay for "material injury" to the book.
Description: Many photographs of 19th century Bar Harbor "cottages" and views. Also includes advertisements and two pages of narrative. No publisher indicated. A reproduction of this book may be found at 008.029.
Description: Prepared for the Summer-Year Round Resident Planning Committee of the Mount Desert Chamber of Commerce. Includes land use maps of Otter Creek, Seal Harbor, Bracy Cove, Northeast Harbor, Somesville, Pretty Marsh. The overall objective was to find ways and means to guide the coourse of change while maintaining the basic character of the community; find ways to achieve growth of the permament summer community. Includes study of hotel/inn and restaurant facilities to see if they are adequate. Among the findings: lengthening season, more older permanent summer residents; need for basic recreational facilities, expansion and modernization of Bar Harbor airport; light housekeeping rental cottages;better shopping and marine services on Sea St. in Northeast Harbor [show more]
Description: A play ("dialogue" is the word used by the author ) about drunkeness and redemption. Appears to have been written by Allen Somes. Three scenes, handwritten on 3 pages. A note on the back of the second page asks a Mr. Higgins to take one of the roles and to come to rehearsal on a Friday evening. If Higgins cannot take the role, he is asked to pass the script to Bloomfield. No date is given.
Description: Collection consists of three boxes of archival files donated by the Seal Harbor Library pertaining to the history of Seal Harbor village and Acadia National Park. An itemized summary of each boxes' contents is enclosed in each box. Article from an unknown newspaper with the handwitten date of 1936. Full Title of the article is Acadia Calls the Tourists: One Maine's Famous Mount Desert is Now An Island Park For All People by Frank George. Talks about the history of the park, additions to the park, guide services, the transition from Sieur de Monts National Monument to Acadia National Park, how the park has become more accessible. [show more]
Description: Discusses the change from Lafayette National Park to Acadia National Park so that the name describes the area more accurately, reflecting popular ideas about the park.
Description: Audio recording of interviews of 4 MDI residents, Cora Fernald, Addie Smith, Morris Somes, and Danny Kane.conducted by Pamela Dean. Dates and places of interviews are not stated. Interviews appear to have been conducted individually but recorded on the same media. Interviewer sounds like Pamela Dean but that has not been verified.
Description: Newsletter about the happenings on Mount Desert Island during the summer social season. Topics covered wresteling matches, Clubs and how to get into them, Movies, plays, happenings at the Bar Harbor Casino, where is the best places for swimming, appenings on Maine Summber Visitors' Day